On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 7:43 PM Jiqian Chen <jiqian.c...@amd.com> wrote: > > When guest vm does S3, Qemu will reset and clear some things of virtio > devices, but guest can't aware that, so that may cause some problems. > For excample, Qemu calls virtio_reset->virtio_gpu_gl_reset when guest > resume, that function will destroy render resources of virtio-gpu. As > a result, after guest resume, the display can't come back and we only > saw a black screen. Due to guest can't re-create all the resources, so > we need to let Qemu not to destroy them when S3. > > For above purpose, we need a mechanism that allows guests and QEMU to > negotiate their reset behavior. So this patch add a new parameter > named freeze_mode to struct virtio_pci_common_cfg. And when guest > suspends, it can write freeze_mode to be FREEZE_S3, and then virtio > devices can change their reset behavior on Qemu side according to > freeze_mode. What's more, freeze_mode can be used for all virtio > devices to affect the behavior of Qemu, not just virtio gpu device.
A simple question, why is this issue specific to pci? Thanks > > Signed-off-by: Jiqian Chen <jiqian.c...@amd.com> > --- > transport-pci.tex | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/transport-pci.tex b/transport-pci.tex > index a5c6719..2543536 100644 > --- a/transport-pci.tex > +++ b/transport-pci.tex > @@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ \subsubsection{Common configuration structure > layout}\label{sec:Virtio Transport > le64 queue_desc; /* read-write */ > le64 queue_driver; /* read-write */ > le64 queue_device; /* read-write */ > + le16 freeze_mode; /* read-write */ > le16 queue_notif_config_data; /* read-only for driver */ > le16 queue_reset; /* read-write */ > > @@ -393,6 +394,12 @@ \subsubsection{Common configuration structure > layout}\label{sec:Virtio Transport > \item[\field{queue_device}] > The driver writes the physical address of Device Area here. See > section \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues}. > > +\item[\field{freeze_mode}] > + The driver writes this to set the freeze mode of virtio pci. > + VIRTIO_PCI_FREEZE_MODE_UNFREEZE - virtio-pci is running; > + VIRTIO_PCI_FREEZE_MODE_FREEZE_S3 - guest vm is doing S3, and > virtio-pci enters S3 suspension; > + Other values are reserved for future use, like S4, etc. > + > \item[\field{queue_notif_config_data}] > This field exists only if VIRTIO_F_NOTIF_CONFIG_DATA has been > negotiated. > The driver will use this value when driver sends available buffer > -- > 2.34.1 >